Will a graco car seat fit in a vauxhall zafira?

Question

We have recently brought a zafira and baby no 3 is on the way! We need to buy a new car seat for the baby and have been looking at the graco one with the in car base and was wondering if any one can tell us if it will fit in a zafira?

Many thanks

Answer 1

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http://www.carseatdata.org/

Answer 2

I'm a trained childseat fitter for Halfords (trained by Graco) - if you go to a Halfords store (I work at the Stockport branch), they will come out and check for you, although some stores may charge a fee because Head Office have decided to be miserly gits.

As a rule, when you fit the seat (using the guide that's printed on the side of the seat), you need to check that the seatbelt comes FORWARD from the anchorage point at the base of your car, towards the front of the seat (so the lap belt goes in a diagonal line from the rear of the carseat towards the front of the childseat) - that is how we determine if a childseat is suitable.

It sounds like you're interested in the Iso-Fix base though, which is literally one of the safest things you can get as once installed it becomes as solid as the car body - you need to phone a Halfords store and they can look it up on the checklist provided for us by Graco - they'll do this for free for you! Some cars are unsuitable for Iso-Fix's because the floor of the vehicle isn't strong enough to withstand the support pole of the Iso-Fix in the event of an accident.

Hope this helps :)

Oh, by the way, if you buy the seat and/or the Iso-Fix from Halfords, it's actually free fitting, but the Graco babyseat is extremely safe even without the Iso-Fix, so long as it's fitted properly and it also has impact absorbers that draw vibrations through the handle and away from baby's head (which is what those huge k***s either side of the handle are)